linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: stm32: fix comparison warnings

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Message-ID: <20170117104352.65velakwiaia36xq@piout.net>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:43:52 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@...com>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: stm32: fix comparison warnings

On 16/01/2017 at 11:08:53 +0100, Amelie Delaunay wrote :
> This patches fixes comparison between signed and unsigned values as it
> could produce an incorrect result when the signed value is converted to
> unsigned:
> 
> drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c: In function 'stm32_rtc_valid_alrm':
> drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c:404:21: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Wsign-compare]
>   if ((((tm->tm_year > cur_year) &&
> ...
> 
> It also fixes comparison always true or false due to the fact that unsigned
> value is compared against zero with >= or <:
> 
> drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c: In function 'stm32_rtc_init':
> drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c:514:35: warning: comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true [-Wtype-limits]
>   for (pred_a = pred_a_max; pred_a >= 0; pred_a-- ) {
> 
> drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c:530:44: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false [-Wtype-limits]
>      (rate - ((pred_a + 1) * (pred_s + 1)) < 0) ?
> 
> Fixes: 4e64350f42e2 ("rtc: add STM32 RTC driver")
> Signed-off-by: Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@...com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
Applied, thanks.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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